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Climate Change Will Have a Devastating Effect on Palm Springs Area's Tourism

A new UC Riverside study finds that climate change will have a devastating effect on the greater Palm Springs area's dominant industry -- tourism.

10 Sep 2020

Study Uses Ocean Salinity Data to Estimate Water Cycle Change

Water and its movements within or between atmosphere, land, and ocean defines the global water cycle and is central to the climate system.

10 Sep 2020

Study Maps the Global Emissions Generated by Multinationals' Supply Chains

A fifth of carbon dioxide emissions come from multinational companies' global supply chains, according to a new study led by UCL and Tianjin University that shows the scope of multinationals' influence on climate change.

8 Sep 2020

Ocean Warming Drives "Wrong-Way" Migrations of Bottom-Dwelling Invertebrates

Ocean warming is paradoxically driving bottom-dwelling invertebrates -- including sea scallops, blue mussels, surfclams and quahogs that are valuable to the shellfish industry -- into warmer waters and threatening their survival, a Rutgers-led study shows.

8 Sep 2020

Reduced Consumption of Animal-Sourced Foods can Help Mitigate Climate Change

Nuts, beans, and lentils are examples of plant protein foods that can offer essential nutrients by using only a small portion of the land needed to produce dairy and meat.

8 Sep 2020

Study Finds Significantly Higher Net Flux of Carbon in Oceans

According to a new study, the world’s oceans absorb more carbon compared to the amounts proposed by a majority of the scientific models.

7 Sep 2020

New Method Reveals How Climate Change Caused the Rise and Fall of Ancient Civilization

A Rochester Institute of Technology researcher developed a mathematical method that shows climate change likely caused the rise and fall of an ancient civilization.

4 Sep 2020

New Technology Could Increase Rice Grain Yield Under Changing Climatic Conditions

Rice is the most consumed staple food in the world. It is especially common in Asia, where hunger concerns are prevalent.

3 Sep 2020

Forests Scorched by Wildfire may Turn into Grasslands and Shrublands

With flames racing across hundreds of square miles throughout Colorado and California this summer and a warming climate projected to boost wildfire activity across the West, residents can't help but wonder what our beloved forests will look like in a few decades.

3 Sep 2020